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Based on a wealth of Arab, Western, and Eastern European sources and spanning the entire history of Saudi Arabia, Alexei Vassiliev's account will stand as the definitive account of the Arabian peninsula's dominant state.

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• A Note on the Spelling and Transliteration System(p. 7)
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms(p. 8)
• Simplified Genealogy of the House of Saud(p. 10)
• Notes on Sources(p. 11)
• Part 1
• 1. Arabia on the Eve of the Emergence of Wahhabism: Economy, Society, Politics(p. 29)
• 2. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his Teaching(p. 64)
• 3. The Rise of the First Saudi State (1745-1811)(p. 83)
• 4. The Social and Political System of the Emirate of al-Diriya(p. 112)
• 5. The Wahhabis Routed by the Egyptians (1811-1818)(p. 140)
• 6. From the Fall of al-Diriya to the Egyptian Evacuation of Arabia (1818-1840)(p. 158)
• 7. The Second Saudi State (1843-1865)(p. 174)
• 8. The Disintegration of the Emirate of Riyadh and the Rise of Jabal Shammar(p. 192)
• 9. The Renaissance of the Emirate of Riyadh in the Early Twentieth Century (1902-1914)(p. 210)
• 10. Najd and Hijaz during the First World War (1914-1918)(p. 235)
• Part 2
• 11. The Consolidation of the Arabian Territories around Najd (1918-1926)(p. 253)
• 12. Increased Centralization and the Ikhwan Movement (1926-1934)(p. 268)
• 13. The Socio-political Structure of Saudi Arabia after its Creation(p. 287)
• 14. The Oil Concessions(p. 312)
• 15. Saudi Arabia and the Second World War (1939-1945)(p. 321)
• 16. Domestic and Foreign Policy (1945-1958)(p. 328)
• 17. The Struggle for Power and its Outcome (1958-1973)(p. 354)
• 18. Domestic and Foreign Policy (the 1970s and the early 1980s)(p. 393)
• 19. The Socio-economic Structure of Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era (the 1950s to the early 1980s)(p. 401)
• 20. The Political Regime (the 1950s to the early 1980s)(p. 436)
• 21. Economy, Society, Politics (the 1980s and the 1990s)(p. 452)
• Conclusion(p. 474)
• Notes(p. 483)
• Bibliography(p. 538)
• Glossary(p. 558)
• Index(p. 565)
• Map 1. Arabia circa 1939(p. 28)
• Map 2. The Arabian Peninsula(p. 252)

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CHOICE Review

It is not often that a book appears that is so thorough, well written, and relentlessly documented as is this welcome product of recent Russian scholarship. Especially noteworthy are the qualifications of its author. Vassiliev, Pravda's Middle East correspondent for more than a decade, is a scholar whose command of Arabic and Western European languages, familiarity with vast original sources, and broad experience in Middle East affairs have enabled him to put together a first-rate history. His account encompasses the years from the emergence of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the puritan Muslim reformer, and the rise of the first Saudi state in the mid-18th century down to 1992. Especially commendable--and fresh--is Vassiliev's thorough coverage of early Saudi history before the creation of the modern state under Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud in 1902. Beyond this, the author presents a balanced account of the economic and social revolutions of the last half century, developments that stand in sharp contrast to the dogged determination of the Saudi rulers to maintain political power over a nation that possesses the world's greatest petroleum reserves. Good maps and excellent glossary. All levels. J. W. Walt; Simpson College (IA)

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Alexei Vassiliev was the Middle East correspondent for Pravda for ten years. He is Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences